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Risk perception in the elderly during the first phase of epidemiological emergence from Covid-19
No full textSeveral studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 emergence on people’s mental health, investigating the relationship between risk perception and psychological well- being, (especially for people in quarantine) and between risk perception and the adoption of healthy behaviors. Few studies have focused explicitly on the elderly, a population identified as particularly vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection and its consequences. The objective of the present research was to study the relationship between the elderly experience of the pandemic and the perceived risk of infection with three variables: emotional regulation, perceived acute stress, and quality of life.
The results showed that Direct experience of the pandemic was related to lower stress levels and higher emotional regulation. While Indirect experience and the perceived risk of COVID-19 contagion were related to a higher level of acute stress, poorer emotional regulation, and a significant reduction in quality of life. The pandemic situation and, in particular, the fear of contagion seems to have left an important mark on older people, who manifest high levels of Risk as Feeling together with high levels of acute stress. Therefore, high risk perception may be an important peritraumatic factor
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on older adults’ emotion regulation and quality of life after lockdown in Italy
No full textthat generated panic worldwide. Therefore, the negative impact of COVID-19 on
mental health among the general population has been identified as a research priority.
Despite this, some studies suggest that the elderly population is underrepresented. The
present research aimed to compare the emotional regulation and the quality of life of
a group of 150 elderly assessed during the pandemic isolation for COVID-19 with
the normative data of a group of pre-COVID-19 elderly. Another aim is to study the
relationship between emotional regulation, perceived acute stress, quality of life, and
risk perception with the variables age, years of education, gender, and cohabitation
status of elders assessed during the pandemic isolation for COVID-19. The results
showed that: the elders assessed during the Covid period had a lower capacity for
emotional regulation; compared to younger people, older people were less capable of
emotional regulation, had a higher perceived risk of COVID-19 infection, and were
less satisfied with their independence; higher levels of education reflected a greater
capacity for emotional regulation; women showed a lower capacity for emotional
regulation and higher stress and perceived risk; the elders who lived alone seemed to
be more vulnerable than who lived with other people. The findings underscore the
need to assess the psychological effects of the pandemic in the elderly population,
particularly for the most vulnerable individuals
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